Prerequisites for Cloud object store policies
Before you begin creating a policy for a Cloud object store account, consider the following prerequisites.
A valid Cloud object store account to access the bucket(s) and objects.
Keep handy information about the bucket(s) and the criteria that you want to use for selecting objects from them, in the tab.
In the tab, you must have permission to view and select the Cloud object store account(s), and the access host to specify the backup host or scale-out server for a policy.
Evaluate the requirement for NetBackup accelerators in your environment. If you want to use accelerators, you need to specify this while creating the policy.
If you plan to use a backup host or scale-out server apart from the one used to validate your cloud object store account, ensure that the necessary ports are open and configurations are in place. This is crucial for enabling server communication with the cloud provider's endpoint through REST API calls.
You can use a scale-out server if you have a large number of buckets in your Cloud object store. NetBackup Snapshot Manager can scale out as many data mover containers as needed at run time, and then scale them down when the data protection jobs are completed. You do not need to worry about configuring multiple backup hosts, and creating multiple policies to distribute the load across these backup hosts.
Evaluate the requirement for NetBackup multistreaming in your environment. For a given bucket, NetBackup creates one stream per query defined for the bucket in the policy. If you want to use multistreaming, you can specify this while creating the policy. To use multistream, you also need to configure the number of jobs for the buckets as clients in the section, under primary server Host properties. Add the client name and set the as required.